Arizona 3, UC Santa Barbara 0 Attendance 22,133 (MCWS Total: 186,632;; Avg. 20,737) Time of Game: 2:49 Arizona advances to play Oklahoma State on Friday at 2 p.m. (CT) UC Santa Barbara has been eliminated from the College World Series with a 1-2 record Arizona (46-22): Arizona has made 37 NCAA Tournament appearances (116-73) Its 17 trips to the CWS (40-28 record/.588) are tied for fifth most in CWS history with Oklahoma State and Stanford Arizona and Oklahoma State will play for the second time in this year s CWS The Wildcats will be the visiting team The Wildcats have won four National Championships (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012) First-year head coach Jay Johnson owns a 46-22 record at Arizona and is 8-2 in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, which included a 2-1 CWS record In five years as a Division I head coach, he sports a 118-64 all-time record and is 8-4 in NCAA Tournament games In even years which Arizona has been to the CWS, they own a 30-18 record with four national titles In odd years, they are an even 10-10 Arizona is now 24-1 this season when holding opponents to two runs or less With the 3-0 shutout, Arizona is the fourth team to allow two or fewer runs in its first three CWS games (first since Arizona St in 1972) The Wildcats banged out eight hits, the most for them in this year s CWS (vs. Miami/7, vs. Oklahoma State/3) Arizona now holds an 18-8 all-time record against UC Santa Barbara With a win over UC Santa Barbara, Arizona becomes the seventh team to post 40 CWS wins (others: Texas/85, USC/74, Arizona State/61, Miami (Fla.)/48, Oklahoma State/40, Stanford/40) JC Cloney (7-4) tossed seven-plus shutout innings allowing five hits (all singles) with a pair of walks and two strikeouts He has allowed two or less runs in an outing 11 times this season no runs three times (May 7 vs. Oregon State, May 27 at Hawai i and tonight) Two or fewer earned runs in 13 of 17 starts this season Cloney is the eighth-straight UA starter to go at least seven innings when pitching at TDAPO Cameron Ming appeared in his second CWS game out of the bullpen tossing two scoreless frames with three strikeouts and registered his first save in the series In seven NCAA Tournament games he has allowed just one run (earned) on four hits with a pair of walks and 15 strikeouts in 11.1 innings with three saves In two CWS appearances he has struck out six batters in 5.0 frames Jared Oliva belted his fourth home run of the season (two-run shot) in the third inning pushing UA s lead to 3-0 It was Arizona s first home run in CWS since Robert Refsnyder on June 24, 2012 vs. South Carolina Oliva extended his current hit streak to five games and on-base streak to a season-high eight contests Ryan Haug recorded his first hit of the NCAA Tournament with a single up the middle in the second inning Ryan Aguilar drove in his 10th run of the NCAA Tournament (first of CWS) on a sac fly to center that scored Cody Ramer in the third inning Kyle Lewis tallied his sixth multi-hit game of the season with a single to right field in the fourth inning Zach Gibbons leads the club with 14 hits in the NCAA Tournament (single in the first inning)
UC Santa Barbara (43-20-1): UCSB finished its season with a school record 43 victories against Division I opponents and the third-most wins overall (46 in 1984) UCSB moved to 13-23 all-time in the postseason, and 6-2 this year UCSB is the fourth different team from the University of California system to qualify for the College World Series, joining UCLA, California and UC Irvine UCSB is the third different Big West Conference representative in the last three years, joining UC Irvine (2014) and Cal State Fullerton (2015) The Gauchos only scored in three of its final 39 innings of the season Twice plating four runs in a frame (ninth inning on June 12, sixth inning on Monday vs. Miami) During the NCAA Tournament UCSB pinch-hitters went 4-for-7 with six RBI and two runs scored They finished 3-for-4 with two RBI during the CWS Ryan Cumberland went 2-for-2 with two RBI as a pinch hitter at the CWS Over their final four NCAA Tournament games, Gaucho pinch-hitters accounted for six RBI The rest of the team drove in three Justin Kelly made his first start since the opening weekend against USF (Feb. 20) The senior entered Wednesday s elimination game with 20.2 innings pitched in nine appearances Had 33 strikeouts coming into tonight s game Recorded two strikeouts for first two outs on Wednesday Trevor Bettencourt entered the game in the fourth inning with no outs and struck out all three batters he faced Last time he recorded three strikeouts was in his lone start of the season against UC Irvine (May 21) in which he pitched 3.1 innings Had three strikeouts combined in his previous four appearances (3.0 innings) Finished with a career-high seven strikeouts on Wednesday He also pitched a career-high 5 innings In the last 30 CWS the most strikeouts in a game with five or fewer innings pitched is nine (Stanford s Scott Weiss in 1990) The UCSB bullpen finished the 2016 NCAA Tournament with a 1.31 ERA (four earned runs) and 37 strikeouts in 27.1 innings pitched JJ Muno s seven-game hit streak ended after going 0-for-3 against Arizona Wednesday was his first NCAA Tournament game without a hit With a walk in the fourth inning he reached base in 15 consecutive games to end the season UCSB had won five-straight games against left-handed starters before tonight s loss Gauchos fell to 24-12 when the opposing team scores first, including 4-2 in the NCAA Tournament
2016 College World Series Notes Runs Notes: Miami allowed four of the CWS five runs in the first inning this year (3 vs. Arizona, 1 vs. USCB) TCU (twice), Arizona (once) and UC Santa Barbara (once) are the only two teams to score at least five runs in a game this CWS Through 9 games there have been 42 runs scored the fewest in CWS history (second fewest is 44 in 2014) Of the last 48 teams to score five or more runs at the CWS, 46 of them have won (Virginia lost 10-5 to Florida/2015, Virginia lost 9-8 to Vanderbilt/ 2014) since 2010 at Rosenblatt Since the CWS moved to TD Ameritrade Park, teams that score at least 5 runs are 41-2 (.953) In this year s CWS, 31 of the 42 runs scored (73.8%) have been driven in via a hit In other words, 11 of the 42 runs (26.2%) have scored as a result of something other than a hit Actual scoring breakdown: hits (31), error (3), groundout/fielder s choice (2), sac bunt (2), sac fly (2), walk (2, Inning breakdown of runs scored: first (5), second (1), third (6), fourth (6), fifth (7), sixth (6), seventh (0), eighth (3) and ninth (8) Hit Notes: Coastal Carolina s first five hits of the game (vs. Florida/Game 4) went for extra bases (3 doubles, 2 triples) marking the first time at the CWS in TDAPO that a team s first five base knocks were for extra bases Hits breakdown: singles (92), doubles (23), triples (3) and home runs (7) Pinch hitters in the CWS this year are 5-for-10 (.500) with two RBI UC Santa Barbara has three of the five hits with Ryan Cumberland (UCSB) leading the way Home Run Notes: Through nine games of the CWS, there have been seven home runs with TCU s Luken Baker smacking two (Games 3 and 8) Other home runs: Cam Warner (TCU/G3), Zack Collins (Miami/G5), Eric Gutierrez (TTU/G7), Peter Alonso (Florida/G7) and Jared Oliva (Arizona/G9) Luken Baker s (TCU) three-run homer in the top of the ninth is just the second homer in the 9th inning (or later) in the CWS at TDAPO (other was Jeren Kendall from Vanderbilt in 2015 walk-off) The total number of home runs at TDAPO is 47 (84 CWS game in park history) CWS home run chart at TDAPO including Wednesday: LF/21, LCF/5, CF/3, RCF/2 and RF/16) In all games played at TDAPO, there have been 119 home runs Luken Baker homered in consecutive at-bats (last vs. TTU/G3 and first vs. Coastal/G8) It s the first time someone has belted homers in consecutive plate appearances since Texas Russell Moldenhauer on June 22, 2009 (vs. Arizona State) Pitching Notes Game 1 between Oklahoma State and UC Santa Barbara was the first CWS game with both starting pitchers throwing a complete game since June 19, 2013 Oregon State s Matt Boyd and Indiana s Aaron Siegers did it Andrew Beckwith (Coastal Carolina/Game 4) is the third pitcher in this year s CWS to toss a complete game (others: Thomas Hatch/Oklahoma State and Shane Bieber/UC Santa Barbara both in Game 1) There was only one complete thrown in the 2014 CWS and 2015 CWS Arizona is the first staff since 2010 to have two pitchers with at least 10 strikeouts in a game (Nathan Bannister/11 and Bobby Dalbec/12) The last team was UCLA in 2010 (Trevor Bauer twice, Gerrit Cole) Taking The Lead Notes: Teams leading after eight innings have won 89 of the last 91 CWS games (Vanderbilt overcame a 3-1 deficit to defeat Cal State Fullerton 4-3 in Game 4 of 2015;; TCU scored three runs in top of ninth to beat Texas Tech in Game 3 of 2016) Teams leading after eight innings at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha are 225-8 all-time at TDAPO in 233 games
Shutout Notes: With Thomas Hatch s (Oklahoma State) complete game shutout in Game 1 vs. UC Santa Barbara, it was the 82nd CG SHO in CWS History and first since Matt Boyd (Oregon State) on 2013 vs. Indiana on 6/19/13 which is a 1-0 contest Only four teams have opened the CWS with back-to-back shutouts;; 2 went on to win the title (1992 Pepperdine and 1955 Wake Forest did, 1970 Florida St didn't) Oklahoma State has two in 2016 CWS Last team to throw consecutive shutouts was Texas in 2014 (against UC Irvine/1-0 and Vanderbilt/4-0) the Longhorns finished tied for third in the CWS that year Oklahoma State is the first school in CWS history to throw consecutive 1-0 shutouts (vs. UC Santa Barbara/Game 1, vs. Arizona/Game 6) They are the fourth team to open a CWS with back-to-back shutouts 2 of previous 3 went on to win the national championship With OSU s 1-0 win over UC Santa Barbara, it is the fourth-straight year with a 1-0 game in the CWS There were no 1-0 games in Omaha from 1986-2012 (27 years) Last 1-0 game to open a CWS was in 1985 (Arkansas 1, South Carolina 0) There have been three 1-0 games to open a CWS (Wake Forest 1, Colgate 0/1955;; Minnesota 1, Oklahoma 0/1973;; Arkansas 1, South Carolina 0/1985) This is the 22nd 1-0 decision in CWS history UC Santa Barbara became the sixth team to be shutout twice in the same CWS (1-0/Oklahoma State, 3-0/Arizona) the last was Rice in 2006 Miscellaneous Notes First official review in CWS history (started in 2012) came in top of the third inning of Game 4 in the 2016 CWS between Coastal Carolina and Florida The call was four minutes and six seconds (4:06) and was overturned on the field in favor of Coastal Carolina Original call was a foul ball down the right field line overturned for an RBI double National Seeds are 1-5 in the 2016 CWS (No. 1 Florida/0-2/eliminated;; No. 3 Miami/0-2/eliminated;; No. 5 Texas Tech/1-1) It s the 17th-straight year that a No. 1 national seed will not win the title only team to do it was Miami in 1999 Only two of the last 12 national champions have been national seeds (LSU/2009 and South Carolina/2011) Florida is the fourth program with 10 CWS appearances who have not won a championship (Florida State/21, Clemson/12, Florida/10, North Carolina/10, Northern Colorado/10) For the first time since 2012, the CWS had more than one team in the field make its first CWS appearance with Coastal Carolina and UC Santa Barbara In 2012, it was Kent State (1-2) and Stony Brook (0-2) Oklahoma State is one of three Big 12 teams in this year s CWS (Texas Tech and TCU) Last time a conference had multiple bids with each team reaching Omaha was the Big 8 in 1993 (Kansas and Oklahoma State) Last time a conference has three or more bids with each team making the CWS was the SEC in 1990 (Georgia, LSU and Mississippi State) Josh Holliday (Oklahoma State), Jay Johnson (Arizona) and Gary Gillmore (Coastal Carolina) picked their first career wins in the CWS The last head coach to win his CWS debut was Elliot Avent (NC State) on June 16, 2013 June 13, 1955 was the last time that Oklahoma State and Arizona both won CWS games on the same day Saturday marked the first time two head coaches (Josh Holliday and Jay Johnson) won their CWS debut on the same day since June 19, 2010, when Jim Schlossnagle (TCU) and John Savage (UCLA) both won, also on the Opening Day of the CWS The Big 12 is 20-4 (.833) in the NCAA Tournament after Tuesday s results No conference to earn at least 3 bids has ever posted a winning percentage better than.760 They Big 12 is 5-1 in 2016 CWS Those 20 victories have come against teams from 13 different leagues The Big 12 is the only conference with a different regular-season and postseason champion both in Omaha (Texas Tech and TCU) With TCU s 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina, they improve to 2-0 in the 2016 CWS The Frogs join Big 12 foe Oklahoma State (2-0) in the winner s bracket marking the third time that two schools from the same conference started 2-0 in the CWS (others: Arkansas and Texas/1979 Southwest Conference;; Florida and South Carolina/2011 Southeastern Conference) Jim Schlossnagle (TCU) and Tim Tadlock (Texas Tech) are the only coaches in Big 12 history to guide their squads to the CWS twice in their first four years coaching in the conference For the first time since 2005, the Atlantic Coast Conference failed to advance a team past its first two games Teams to score first are now 7-2 in the 2016 CWS Visiting teams are 6-3 so far this year
Game 5 had a 62-minute rain delay Last weather delay in CWS was Vanderbilt vs. Cal State Fullerton (June 14 & 15, 2015) Delay lasted 1:19 with Cal State leading 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning later suspended until next day) The start time of Game 6 was delayed two hours and 21 minutes due to weather Last time we had a starting delay for inclement weather was June 21, 2012 (South Carolina vs. Kent State) Rain forced the game to be moved from June 20 to June 21 The last time the SEC and ACC both went winless at the CWS was in 1984 neither conference had a team in the College World Series that year